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Sunday, December 8, 2013

New arrivals!!

Just as soon as I posted the group Baby Home picture, it went out of date!! On Friday evening (December 6), Casa de Amor got an early Christmas in the form of four children in need of a new home.

Introducing, according to age....

Brothers LM (age 5) & E (3)

These boys were transferred to us from another children’s home that is
shutting down. According to the reports left us by that home, their mother was
escaping a violent partner when she came to them for help. She was visiting the
boys every week or two and wants to pick them up when she finishes studying. They
seem like talkative, happy boys so far! The youngest needs dental work.

Tomorrow (Monday) we'll talk and decide if these boys would be better in Casa de Amor II.

A, age 2 or 3﻿

Little boy A was brought due to abuse, obviously. We have no further
details on him so far. He prefers to be outside and gets upset when brought
inside. His first morning in the home, he didn’t want to be touched by anyone and
ran crying from the staff.

Baby V., approximately 1 month

This is one of the most pitiful babies we’ve ever had in the Baby
Home. His size (2.3 kilos/5 pounds, 4 ounces) reminded me a bit of the
triplets, but they were over a pound smaller at his age and still not as sad
looking… His story is awful. He was admitted to a hospital in the campo (countryside) by his father and grandfather after his mother (17 years old) tried to kill him by rubbing poison on herself before feeding him. According to the 20 year old father, she then left him on the floor of their shack to die. On November 22, the baby was transferred to our city of Cochabamba for better care. He was released on Monday last week (December 2) but no one had visited and no one came to pick him up, so authorities were notified and he came to us by Friday! For some reason, his skin is drying and peeling off in sheets. He needs a lot of attention, and I'm so glad that one of our volunteers is caring for him around the clock!These two cuties arrived on Monday:

V., age 1 year and 5 months (?)

We have very little information about this little girl so far. Apparently her father was very abusive and tried to kill V and her mother. She hasn't spoken a word yet and cries a lot.

Baby F., approximately 4 months

Until we get reports, we know little about this sweet baby except that her mother has health issues and begged social services for help.Pray for the adjustment of all these new babies and children!!

1 comment:

Erin Sidmore
said...

Each one is so precious. How heartbreaking to hear their stories of what each one has been through. May God bless you all at CDA for caring for these beautiful babies. Keep working hard for the Lord! You are doing a great job!

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~ Pray for a successful school year (beginning February 2) filled with learning for all of our older children!

~ Thank you for praying for a new social worker! A very experienced lady began work with us on February 2.

~ Please pray for good progress to be made in the social cases of all of our children so that their papers can be processed for a return to family members OR adoption. Several cases are in the works now!

~ Immigration law has undergone big changes recently. We have sought good legal counsel, and visa renewals and new long-term visas DO seem possible at this point.

~ Please pray for the administrative staff of Casa de Amor as we work on renewing our registration with social services in Bolivia. It's a long, tedious process, but needs to be done well!

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